# Faisal of Saudi Arabia

> He outlawed slavery, led the 1973 oil embargo that shocked the West, and died by his nephew's gun in the palace. Faisal ruled Saudi Arabia through the decade that made it a petrostate power.

*King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/faisal-of-saudi-arabia

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Saudi Arabia
- **Born:** 1906-04-14
- **Died:** 1975-03-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in Riyadh in 1906, Faisal bin Abdulaziz was the third son of the kingdom's founder and a mother from the Al ash-Sheikh family that supplied the country's religious authority. He entered statecraft early: viceroy of Hejaz at twenty, foreign minister at twenty-four. When his half-brother Saud took the throne in 1953, Faisal became crown prince and abolished slavery. By 1964 he'd manoeuvred Saud into abdication with the backing of the royal family and the Grand Mufti. As king he pushed modernisation while reining in the clerics, advanced pan-Islamism and opposition to communism, and in 1973 wielded the oil weapon against nations supporting Israel - triggering a global crisis that redrew economic maps. On 25 March 1975, his nephew Faisal bin Musaid shot him dead in the palace. Khalid, another half-brother, inherited the throne.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 66.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 17.3 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 28.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 68.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6472044/ (@nm6472044)

## Topics
#Politicians, #Historical Figure, #Royalty, #Politics, #Founders, #20th Century

## Timeline
- **1975** - Died
- **1973** - Financial Times Person of the Year
- **1967** - Royal Victorian Chain
- **1966** - Collar of the Spanish Order of the Civil Merit
- **1906** - Born

## Sources
- [ファイサル (サウジアラビア王)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AB_(%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A9%E3%83%93%E3%82%A2%E7%8E%8B))
- [费萨尔·本·阿卜杜勒-阿齐兹·阿勒沙特](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B4%B9%E8%90%A8%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E6%9C%AC%C2%B7%E9%98%BF%E5%8D%9C%E6%9D%9C%E5%8B%92-%E9%98%BF%E9%BD%90%E5%85%B9%C2%B7%E9%98%BF%E5%8B%92%E6%B2%99%E7%89%B9)
- [Faisal bin Abdoel Aziz al-Saoed](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_bin_Abdoel_Aziz_al-Saoed)
- [Fajsal ibn Abd al-Aziz Al Su’ud](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fajsal_ibn_Abd_al-Aziz_Al_Su%E2%80%99ud)
- [Фейсал ибн Абдул-Азиз Аль Сауд](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BD_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB-%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B4)
- [Faysal dell'Arabia Saudita](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faysal_dell'Arabia_Saudita)
- [Faisal da Arábia Saudita](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_da_Ar%C3%A1bia_Saudita)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q217167)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_of_Saudi_Arabia)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Faisal%20of%20Saudi%20Arabia)
- [ফয়সাল বিন আবদুল আজিজ](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C)
- [Fàysal ibn Abd-al-Aziz](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A0ysal_ibn_Abd-al-Aziz)
- [Файсал бин Ӏабдул-Ӏазиз Аль СаӀуд](https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D3%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BB-%D3%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D3%80%D1%83%D0%B4)
- [فەیسەڵ کوڕی عەبدولعەزیز](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%95%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%95%DA%B5_%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%95%DB%8C_%D8%B9%DB%95%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B9%DB%95%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B2)
- [Fajsal bin Abd al-Azíz](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fajsal_bin_Abd_al-Az%C3%ADz)
- [Faisal af Saudi-Arabien](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_af_Saudi-Arabien)
- [Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_ibn_Abd_al-Aziz)
- [Φαϊζάλ της Σαουδικής Αραβίας](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BB_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82_%CE%91%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82)
- [Fajsal bin Abdul-Aziz](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fajsal_bin_Abdul-Aziz)
- [Fáisal bin Abdulaziz](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1isal_bin_Abdulaziz)
- [Fayşal ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay%C5%9Fal_ibn_%E2%80%98Abd_al-%E2%80%98Az%C4%ABz_%C4%80l_Sa%E2%80%98%C5%ABd)
- [Faisal Saudi Arabiakoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_Saudi_Arabiakoa)
- [فیصل بن عبدالعزیز آل سعود](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B5%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B2_%D8%A2%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF)
- [Faisal I (Saudi-Arabia)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal_I_(Saudi-Arabia))
- [Fayçal ben Abdelaziz Al Saoud](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay%C3%A7al_ben_Abdelaziz_Al_Saoud)
- [Wikiquote](https://ar.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B5%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D8%A2%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF)
- [Wikiquote](https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Faisal_ibn_Abd_al-Aziz)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Faisal_of_Saudi_Arabia)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fajsal_ibn_Abd_al-Aziz_Al_Su%E2%80%99ud)
- [פייסל, מלך ערב הסעודית](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%9C%2C_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91_%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%AA)

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